Thursday, September 11, 2014

Salon: Ted Cruz's big mouth saves the day: Just as Democrats take a hit, along comes a hero

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September 11th, 2014
Ted Cruz, Barack Obama

Ted Cruz's big mouth saves the day: Just as Democrats take a hit, along comes a hero

Democrats were squabbling over Obama's immigration fumble -- then Ted Cruz dragged the spotlight back to himself

Bob McDonnell

7 right-wing Christians who got their comeuppance in hilarious ways

The arc of justice is long, and sometimes it has a wickedly ironic sense of humor

woman_unimpressed

The real story of how women evaluate men's junk

From "Bachelor in Paradise" to Jared Leto's crotch-grab, reminders this week that women objectify men's bodies too

Peter Thiel

Meet the anti-gay, sexist, celebrity "genius": Why Peter Thiel is grossly overrated

Fortune magazine says PayPal's co-founder is America's leading public intellectual. Come again?

Oscar Pistorius

Murder charges against Oscar Pistorius dropped

A South Africa judge ruled Thursday that probable cause had not been established to convict the Olympian of murder

Barack Obama delivers an address on his plans for military action against the Islamic State, September 10, 2014.

Our ISIS strategy's big flaw: Why the president's speech was filled with holes

President Obama laid out his ISIS plan last night. But in trying to appeal to everyone, here's what he's risking

Roger Goodell

An entire party of Roger Goodells: Calling out the GOP's domestic violence problem

The NFL isn't the only three-lettered organization that's indifferent to women's humanity

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I didn't just fall down the stairs

Janay Palmer isn't ready to share her story of abuse, and she may never be. I'm finally ready to share mine

bible_classroom

How Christian fundamentalist homeschooling damages children

The religious right touts homeschooling as a viable educational alternative. Parents, grads tell a different story

Roger Goodell

NFL announces independent investigation into handling of Ray Rice case

The league has called in a former FBI director to examine its handling of evidence against the suspended player

Yosemite National Park

"The protection of these places is a constant battle"

National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis on the perilous future of America's parks -- and why they're so essential

flu_vaccine

5 bogus excuses people use to avoid the flu vaccine

Something to keep in mind this fall: You're a lot more likely to die of the flu than the Ebola virus or terrorism

Barack Obama

Obama's ISIS speech: Our ugly national security politics, laid bare

As the president described his plan to drop more bombs in the Middle East, conservatives bayed for total war

A photo of the author as a little girl

"Everything sucks now": Childhood in NYC after the towers fell

At 10, I was too young to understand what happened. My classmates and I knew we'd been marked by trauma -- but how?

James McAvoy and Jessica Chastain in

"The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby": A mesmerizing marriage drama — in three different versions

Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy headline an amazing cast in a trio of films that's not quite like anything else

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"They refuse to admit they were wrong": How nightmare prosecutors pervert American justice

In our messed-up culture, many fear conceding mistakes will cause the system to collapse. The truth is the opposite

Police Shooting Ferguson Meeting

Protests continue in Ferguson as Darren Wilson remains at large

"We're getting ready to go to jail"

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA planning to send billions of laser pulses from space to create 3-D map of Earth's forests

A trio of lasers will be sent down from the International Space Station to discover more about the carbon cycle

Roger Goodell

Report: Law enforcement sent a copy of Ray Rice video to NFL executives in April

NFL officials have claimed they didn't see the violent footage until this week

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